Did you know the first vaccine to cause autism was the diphtheria shot? In 1932, the US & Austria added aluminum to diphtheria shots—the first time children had ever been injected with metal Within a year or two, autism began to appear in both countries http://theautismvaccine.com
The first descriptions of "autism" were around the early 1900s, but back then the diagnosis was synonymous with what was termed "infantile schizophrenia". The first codification was in the 80s as a specific diagnosis rather than a vague multi-use term